The center-half of the French handball team Méline Nocandy (23), Olympic champion this summer in Tokyo with the Bleues, has signed up for two seasons with Paris 92 until 2024, announced the club. capital in a statement on Thursday. Trained in Metz since 2015, after growing up in Guadeloupe, Méline Nocandy signed her first professional contract with the Moselle club in 2016 and joined the French team in March 2019. European vice-champion at the end of 2020 in Denmark, she won the title at the Tokyo Games in the summer of 2021, taking an increasingly prominent place in the blue jersey rotations.
With Paris 92, she will find Yacine Messaoudi, who spotted her when he was in charge of the Metz training center, and who has been coaching the Parisian club since June 2019. “We couldn’t hit harder in terms of recruitment. Méline is, in my opinion, one of the best players in the world. I consider her as our Mbappé of women’s handball, by her precocity and her limitless room for improvement, “said Messaoudi, quoted in the Paris 92 press release.” We are very proud of this signing, which confirms the attractiveness de Paris 92. Méline’s arrival is part of the continuity of our development projects and our sporting ambitions ”insists club president Jean-Marie Sifre.
Euro 2020 silver medalist, Méline Nocandy will participate from December 3, in the World Championship in Spain with the Blue. In the meantime, she plays two friendlies this Friday (9 p.m.), and Sunday (5 p.m.) against Hungary. The two meet take place at the Pierre-de-Coubertin stadium in Paris (16th century). Close to her home now.
